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1. Go to https://miktex.org/. Choose the appropriate operating system and download the installer. Follow the instructions to install the program on your computer. (Other common software used is atom or sublime.)
2. Once installation is done, there should be a text editor on your computer called TeXworks. Open this program. 3. Download the file tex_example.tex from Canvas. Open it in TeXworks.
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When you open the source file (e.g., something.tex), you view it in a text editor. The reason to use a text editor such as TeXworks is that it has built-in functions for talking to TEX. There are many other options for text editors, but Texworks is a fine place to start, and many people use it exclusively.
Want Images?
- To upload an image, click the image tab and upload image
- Images will be uploaded as squares, when you crop the image to be included you make it a square so it doesn’t warp
- To insert the uploaded image, copy and paste the bracket below your image (e.g. dfig [1234, 150])
- To change the sizing of the image adjust the second number such that it renders at the appropriate size.
- More info on image uploads here!
Ready for more? Here's a side by side example of what different TeX functions do--change the header drop down to pdfTeX to view what would look like in pdf.